PDC2005ShowOff

Bar Code Blitz

Sep 28, 2005 at 11:35PM

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Thanks to everyone who submitted a video for the first-ever Show Off event at PDC05. We had 25 submissions in the space of just a few weeks. To view all of the submissions, look for videos tagged with showoff.

Bar Code Blitz

Length: 5:05
Shown at PDC05: Yes

Lorin and Lawrence set out on a project to make bar codes appear on web pages. Techniques demonstrated include use of the new Generic Handler template in Visual Studio 2005 and the use of GDI+ to dynamically render a GIF image. The code for the bar code solution shown in the video supports two common standards: 3 of 9 for text, and 2 of 5 codes for numeric.

Credits

Lorin Thwaits - writer, director, producer, developer in plaid
Lawrence Grant - developer in maroon
E.W. Lloyd - "The Boss"
Andrew Holliday - Film crew

Tools used

Visual Studio 2005 April CTP

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The Discussion

mswanson

This was my favorite video of the bunch. Funny, clever, cool, and quick. Never too fast to understand, but fast enough to keep it moving. Great job, guys!

Last modified Sep 29, 2005 at 1:07AM
AIM48

Yooowzers --- Fast typing........

Last modified Sep 29, 2005 at 7:20AM
Tim Sneath

That is truly awesome! Five minutes has never rushed by so quickly whilst watching an internet video. If only all demos were like this - fast-paced and well-scripted. Any chance Lorin and Lawrence can post the source?

Last modified Sep 29, 2005 at 2:01PM
mstum

Any chance to get the source code? I couldn't quite catch all of the index values.

GREAT VIDEO!

Thanx!
Matt

Last modified Sep 29, 2005 at 4:07PM
Harlequin

AIM48 wrote:

Yooowzers --- Fast typing........

Makes you want to change your answer to the "If I had one superpower" question.

Being able to type 50 words a second

Last modified Oct 02, 2005 at 2:01PM
BuckyBit

freaking awesome! Excellent!

Last modified Oct 04, 2005 at 3:53AM
Lorin

When we made this video for the PDC ShowOff event we were limited to 5 minutes total. We had actually taken lots more footage during the original filming. So I have now put together a longer version that includes all the content and greater bandwidth so you can actually read what the code says as it flies by. You can download it from this link:

winfxRocks.com

For those interested in the source code, it's available for download in a .ZIP from that site. It will do both 3 of 9 and also 2 of 5 codes.

-Lorin

Last modified Oct 06, 2005 at 9:44PM
PDC 2005 Show Off

This submission was voted #1 at the PDC05 Show Off event.

Last modified Oct 11, 2005 at 11:28PM